Day Four: February 25, 1997: Sailing from Barbados to Union Island

We set sail at 10:30 the night before, the watch system was
underway, Red Watch, followed by Green watch, and then White watch, and
then the cycle repeats itself. The ship is sailing, and special thanks
to Matt, who clambered all the way to the T'Gallant Brace to unfurl the
square sails, with the guidance of watch officer Ms. Galloway, so that
we could raise the square sails. Green watch came on at midnight, and we
had the answer to the one question that had been on all of our minds. A
lot of us were sick that night - except for the professors of course who
have stomachs of iron., but everyone made a commendable effort to do as
much as they coulto help sail the ship. Some people hopped on the
boat with no problem while others had to earn their sea legs. With this
being one of our longest voyages, and our first.
Captain of Fair Jeanne: Alex Mulder

There is something to be said about sailing through the
vast ocean, with no land in sight. For those of us who had never sailed
before it was an amazing experience. We all soaked it up, and tried to
take in every moment while sailing. The captain stayed on deck, and constantly
checked the ocean to make sure we were on course.

We sailed 17 hours, arriving at Union Island, at 2:30. The captain, Tony
and Tim, went to shore to clear customs, while those who were inclined
went for a snorkel. The current was strong, and most of us just made it
out to the sea grasses. We swam around there for a while, but most of us
were tired from sailing, and headed back to the ship for dinner.

Tonight we began what was called anchor watch. Whenever
we were anchored in port we were still on duty, having to maintain and
care for the ship. During anchor watch we completed safety checks every
half hour, and checked our bearing to make sure we were not drifting into
shore, or onto other vessel.